Sub attack near Choiseul Bay at 112,1312 J: {3 X4 ?. L f+ s, g
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( {! y+ A% i. u+ v SS I-25, w: B2 j/ F- s, S9 A( L$ h# x
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CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
9 h, n B) Y3 H$ ]+ E CA Salt Lake City
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DD Balch. u0 T/ P) X& ?3 T/ G( M
DD Fanning
6 p' N2 }# |" N* B DD Dunlap
' v( o' z9 c+ r/ J& s. n4 i DD Ellet* N2 C" u/ S# g6 T
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: z8 V8 u8 M& u0 ^SS I-25 launches 6 torpedoes at CV Enterprise
( L$ A+ u/ |5 Y' g& d1 i# XDD Balch attacking submerged sub ....& |! m% @- Z( d6 H0 c$ M
DD Balch loses contact with SS I-25
8 Z5 l e$ s/ X( `, B6 v' H4 DDD Balch loses contact with SS I-25
: a7 C# A2 S8 F* v$ ]DD Balch cannot establish contact with SS I-25/ d/ U ]2 P3 C/ `* L
DD Fanning fails to find sub and abandons search
) ~* F: m: n x, w& CDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
5 b# b- J3 A9 h6 B/ z' fDD Ellet attacking submerged sub ..../ m6 F$ {3 u! V9 e0 F
DD Balch fails to find sub and abandons search
3 O6 S3 }) R+ Z3 p" \% E" b+ i! D7 BDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
?( m# f4 u _6 Z z+ N, VDD Ellet fails to find sub and abandons search
! e& _" U9 c* }& n/ DDD Dunlap attacking submerged sub ....1 @6 E8 g2 h9 P$ v: |2 b; Y
DD Dunlap cannot establish contact with SS I-25
0 G8 \ e& d: P+ ^# m' SDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
# q( C# P" {: v& vDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...9 Z* L# ]3 z- G9 J5 n- [
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
5 ?; [# m* l# W0 ^% y! m& ] R9 \Escort abandons search for sub |